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At such a crisis thought comes in a second's space; and I have often fancied that in times of emergency or great surprise, a man deliberates more promptly, and more prudently withal, than when he has full time to let his second thought trench on his first and mar it. So was it in this case with me.
He is, however, careful to remark that an extreme step of this kind "should be the result only of deliberate and fair consideration of the case." "Strict justice," he adds, "goes a very long way towards bringing natives under discipline."
Five years later another case /3/ came up, which was very like that of the farrier in the reign of Edward III. It was alleged that the defendant undertook to cure the plaintiff's horse, and applied medicine so negligently that the horse died. In this, as in the earlier case, the issue was taken on the assumpsit.
Complaining of the action of the Providence, "which gave him the slip in the night," as he put it, Jones wrote Hewes: "If such doings are permitted, the navy will never rise above contempt!... the aforesaid noble captain doth not understand the first case of plain Trigonometry." On the subject of the navy he wrote Robert Morris, at a later period: "The navy is in a wretched condition.
He made me promise to take up the case if this should happen." "We are always glad of your help, my dear fellow," said Beech.
It is certain that it did not lack a more potent factor in settling the political problems of the world in the one case any more than in the other. But on the occasion with which we are occupied it was not on the might of his own right hand that the Elector of Brandenburg relied.
But in any case, you must be strong and courageous. No other mood belongs to such a man as you." Duncan looked her full in the face for a space before speaking. Then he said: "And yet you say you have no gift to help me that if you were my wife you would be a drag upon me!
Ordinarily these slaves belonging to the estate were sufficient; in case of need neighbours, as a matter of course, helped each other with their slaves for day's wages.
"I judged," was his calm reply, as he laid down the injured toy with an apologetic grunt, "that the clearing of Howard from suspicion meant the establishment of another man's guilt; and so far as we can see there has been no other party in the case besides these two brothers." "No? Then I fear a great surprise awaits you, Mr. Gryce.
The absurdity of it grew, and they went into spasms of laughter. But Wilson remained impassive, not the twitching of a muscle betraying that he saw anything to laugh at in the proposition. Mrs. Whiting and the kitchen girls came in, wondering at the merriment. Rob began to get uneasy. "What is it? What is it?" said Mrs. Whiting, a jolly little matron. Rivers put the case.
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